Judges Scientific Regulatory News (JDG)

27 Oct 2006 14:29

FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION \* TName of person dealing (Note 1) JGD Management Corp.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Company dealt in Corus Group PLC---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class of relevant security to which the ORD 50 pence dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of dealing 26 October 2006---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) \* T Long Short-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Relevant securities--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Derivatives (other than options) 12,450,000 1.39%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 12,450,000 1.39%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) \* T Class of relevant security: Long Short-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Relevant securities--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Derivatives (other than options)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) \* TClass of relevant security: Details---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales \* TPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) \* TProduct name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5)e.g. CFD--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CFD Long 500,000 4.7696 GBP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CFD Long 2,750,000 4.7742 GBP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CFD Long 1,000,000 4.8101 GBP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CFD Long 1,300,000 4.7682 GBP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CFD Long 1,000,000 4.7709 GBP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CFD Sell 100,000 4.7586 GBP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CFD Long 1,500,000 4.6770 GBP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CFD Long 1,000,000 4.6795 GBP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CFD Long 3,500,000 4.6618 GBP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying \* TProduct name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option moneye.g. call option selling, securities to price American, date paid/received purchasing, which the option European per unit (Note varying etc. relates (Note 7) etc. 5)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (ii) Exercising \* TProduct name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) \* TNature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives \* TFull details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO \* TDate of disclosure 27 October 2006---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact name George Kim---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Telephone number 001 212-300-1300---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected N/A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) N/A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Copyright Business Wire 2006